Display device.



D. L. LANPORD.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 24, 1911.

1,01 9,807, Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

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DAVID L. LANFORD, F BROWNWOOD, TEXAS.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

- will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

Thls invention relates to a new and useful display rack, adaptedprincipally for exhibiting various fabrics, for instance oilcloth andthe like.

The invention in its broadest scope aims is its primary object toprovide a simple, efficient and practical device of this nature fordisplaying various design of fabric.

,A further object of the invention is to provide novel means carried bythe rack for severing the oil cloth, subsequently to the measuring ofthe amount of oil cloth desired by a customer. The severing meansconsists of a pair of shearing members, U- shaped in elevation, andfixed to the stand of the rack.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means to engagethe rolls of fabric or oil-cloth, for retarding the fabric as it isunrolled, said means constituting means for preventing the fabric fromunrolling While on display.

In the drawings there is disclosed only one form of the presentinvention but in practical fields this form may require alterations, towhich the applicant is entitled, provided the alterations arecomprehended within the scope as claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :--Figure 1- is a view in side elevation of a displayrack constructed in accordance to the invention. Fig. 2 is a similarView looking at another side of the display rack. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view. Fig. 4 is a plan view, showing the severing means. Fig.5 is a transverse sectional view on line 55 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 designates the base of thestand of the display rack. This base is constructed in one piece, whichmay be cast or otherwise formed, and provided with any suitable numberof legs 2. Rising from the base is a vertical post 3, which may be castwith the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 24, 1911.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

Serial No. 635,238.

base or made separate therefrom. If made separate, the same is threadedinto the base as shown, and provided with threaded lock nuts 4 one aboveand one below the base so as to securely fasten the post in an erectposition.

A U-shaped member 5 having a cutting edge 6 is provided. The upper armof the U-shaped member 5 is secured to the vertical post by lock nuts 7,while the lower arm thereof is clamped between the base and the upperlock nut 4. The lower arm of the U- shaped member 5 is further securedto the base by a rivet or bolt 8. Pivoted to the U- shaped member 5 arethe arms 9 of a second U-shaped member 10, which is also provided with acutting edge 11, by which and the cutting edge of the first U-shapedmember the fabric may be severed, by closing the two U-shaped members.The upper arm of the second U-shaped member 10, is provided with a pin12, which extends in to an opening of the upper arm of the U-shapedmember 5, so as to limit the movement of the U- shaped member 10. Asuitable spring 13 is arranged between the upper arms of the U- shapedmembers, for holding them slightly apart, so as to permit the fabric topass between the cutting members 6 and 11 by forcing the cutting edgestoward and slightly past one another the fabric may be severed. TheU-shaped members are provided with yieldably mounted rollers 14;,between which the fabric passes, as it is measured from the roll, bymeans of the measuring tape 15, which is secured by means of a hook 16to the upper arm of the U-shaped member 5. lVhen the cutting edges ofthe U-shaped members are brought together, the rolls yieldably contactand clamp the fabric. By virtue of the yielding clamping action of therolls with the fabric, as the cutting edge 11 passes the cutting edge 6,the severing action between the cutting edges is greatly assisted.

Journaled upon the vertical post 3 is a tubular sleeve 17, each end ofwhich is threaded as shown at 18. Threaded upon the threaded ends ofthis tubular sleeve are the upper and lower plates 19 and 20 of therack, which are locked into position by the lock nuts 21, one above andone below each of the plates. This tubular sleeve is provided with ballbearings 22 between it and the vertical post. These plates 19 and 20 areprovided with a plurality of annularly arranged apertures or holes 23,through which the rods 24L extend. These rods 24 are provided withhandles 25, by which the rods may be extracted from the holes orapertures. When arranging the rolls of fabrics between the plates 19 and20, the rods 24 are substituted in lieu of the Wooden sticks on whichthe fabric is rolled, when received from the factory.

Secured tothe sleeve 17 is a plurality of spring members 26, which bearyieldably against the rolls of fabric, to prevent the fabric fromunrolling. These spring members not only prevent the fabric fromunrolling from the various rolls, but also retard the fabric, as acertain quantity in being unrolled and measured from any particularroll.

In the operation of the display rack, the free end of the fabric oroil-cloth, that is desired by a purchaser is passed between the cuttingedges, and then between the rollers of the U-shaped members. After thedesired amount of fabric or oil-cloth has been measured, the cuttingmembers of the U- shaped members are brought together, thus severing theoilcloth. 7 After pressure is relieved on the U-shaped members, theyautomatically open, by the action of the spring between them.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis In combination, a revoluble rack, a stand therefor having a verticalpost on which the rack is journaled, the rack comprising a tubularsleeve telescopically receiving the post, plates threaded on each end ofthe sleeve, lock nuts threaded on the sleeve, one above and one beloweach of the plates, the plates having a plurality of annularly arrangedapertures, removable rods having handles extending through the aperturesconstituting journals for rolls of fabric.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID L. LANFORD. Witnesses:

S. D. I-IoPPER, A. It. MOORE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

